Reinstatement of Expired License

PURPOSE: This rule establishes requirements for reinstatement of an expired license. (1) The holder of an expired license to practice any of the classified occupations of cosmetology may submit an application to the board to reinstate that license within two (2) years of the date the license expired. The application shall be on a form supplied by the board and shall be accompanied by the license renewal fee plus the late fee. (2) Examination Required. (A) Any person who has allowed his/her license to practice any of the classified occupations of cosmetology to expire for a period of more than two (2) years may submit an application to the board to reinstate that license by examination. The examination shall consist of the practical portion of the licensure examination. The application shall be properly completed on a form supplied by the board and shall include or be accompanied by the individual’s license number, the license renewal fee and the late fee, two (2) United States passport photographs measuring approximately two inches by two inches (2" × 2") which have been taken within the last five (5) years and other information as the board may require. (B) In order to be scheduled for examination to reinstate an expired license, the properly completed application must be received by the test administrator’s office, along with the required fees, no fewer than fourteen (14) days prior to the date of the scheduled examination the applicant desires to take. Applications received after this cut-off date and all applications received after every available space for the examination has been filled, whether that application was received prior to or after this cut-off date, shall be scheduled for the next regularly scheduled examination. AUTHORITY: sections 329.025.1 and 329.120, RSMo Supp. 2008.* Original rule filed Aug. 1, 2007, effective Feb. 29, 2008. Amended: Filed April 3, 2009, effective Sept. 30, 2009. *Original authority: 329.025, RSMo 2005, amended 2008 and 329.120, RSMo 1939, amended 1945, 1947, 1959, 1979, 1981, 1995, 2005.